What do you do with your bouquet after ceremony?

Re: What do you do with your bouquet after ceremony?

• atlcatlover member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  It depends on what flowers you have in your bouquet.  I got my flowers around 3 in the afternoon, and my ceremony wasn't until 7 with the reception after and they were fine.  The hydrangea were a bit wilted but I was the only person who could tell so it didn't matter much. 

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• aerinpegadrak member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  That's exactly what we're doing.  I'll have enough vases for me and my five bridesmaids to stick our bouquets in, and that will be pretty much the extent of the flower arrangements.  My flowers are paper, so I'm not concerned with how they're going to hold up.  But my sister used our flowers to decorate the head table at her reception, and they still looked reasonably fresh by the end of the night.

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• Marilynfan

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I will be using just roses.

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• dvohnout

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  I was just in my best friend's wedding in September, and our bouquets were used as the centerpieces for the head table. They were roses, and the wedding and reception was outside. They looked just fine even though it was pretty warm outside! I think it is a great way to save some money!

  

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• swtbliss

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  Your bouquet should hold up pretty well until the end of the night. (the reason why most of them are so heavy is because of the water they store in the bouquet to keep them fresh longer!) If you only have 3 tables, it would be a great money saver to use them as centerpieces! You can also either decide to use them on the head table and/or cake table for extra decor.

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• stinkerbell6879 member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  My friends bouquet (roses) held out for a few days! (she put it in the fridge that night) and her wedding was in Vegas...In July....I am planning on getting a vase for me too put mine out during the reception. So I think you will be fine

  
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• Marilynfan

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  Guess we should put water in the vases for the bouquets?

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• mloeks member

  

  January 2010 edited December 2011

  yes we used our bouquets for the reception as well.
  you can also buy those beads that retain water or can be used in lieu of water...i can't quite remember what they are called for a little more of an extra touch.

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